Yes, I think people speculated here that perhaps he was caught sexually assaulting Lacey, maybe by Connie, and that triggered the murders — that is horrific but would make sense, but it sounds like he attacked Lacey and raped her while she was dying, so the details that have come out actually seem worse. I’ve also seen one report that says he raped Lacey twice, in two different rooms of the house. I just can’t get my head around how evil these crimes are.
There was some speculation that Terri had moved to get away from Bendall or upon her move, wanted a fresh start away from him, but he wound up following her and then they reconciled. The Daily Mail suggests this is the case.
This is the haunting last picture of two school friends hours before they were murdered as a sleepover massacre at a family home.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I have to say that if I were a parent, the circumstances of this case would make me more nervous about allowing my child on sleepovers. I would not allow certain people into my home; violent men for example, but other people evidently have different ideas of the standard of risk they’d expose children to. It now occurs to me that whilst murder is rare, some offenders might see a sleepover as an opportunity to carry out abuse. I think this is how Rolf Harris had access to his victim who was his daughter’s friend.
I also see Bendall claims to have “no memory” of the murders. Given he knew perfectly well what he had done immediately afterwards and told officers he had killed four people, I don’t believe he then forgot what happened again. I think he simply didn’t want to answer questions about it (which is also I think why he pleaded guilty).